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That’s such a beautiful song and beautiful video production.
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+1 🙂
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Christmas is Coming
(video was disabled…..admin)
Clarification: the video itself, when I clicked on the delta to play, revealed an error message saying that the video was disabled and could only be viewed on Youtube.
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Umm, I only listened to a bit, was something wrong with it? It sounded good.
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My vid;s got deleted too. not sure why?
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Oh, is it sticking to the topic? Sorry about that. I thought it was a good song after 2 minutes and posted it was all. If it wasn’t the “good” inspirational song I thought it was I apologize for not watching the entire thing before posting it. No problem.
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It have been a perfectly lovely inspirational song. Perhaps it was removed in order to keep the flow of the thread…sometimes commenters who care deeply about George and his family have posted serial videos of inspirational songs, which really makes it hard for some commenters to even access the thread, so admins have been more careful about posting “any and all good inspirational songs” on the thread.
Maybe we need to have a thread one day that is specifically intended just for dropping in inspirational songs, spiritual encouragements and general hugs all around for George and his family. 🙂 Seriously!
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That happens with some YouTubes.(You can not tell until it’s posted).. its a setting that the uploader decides on. Some people do that so that people watch at YT and they get a “hit” for someone watching the vid. You don’t get a hit when people watch an embedded YT.
I know there is more to the problems on this occasion.. but just clarifying that point.
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https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/launch-federal-investigation-malicious-prosecution-george-zimmerman-seminole-county-florida/TWv1G7lk?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl
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I was the 23rd person to sign. So far, only 50 people are in. Good luck.
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did the 2 vid’s posted get removed?
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I must be missing something ?
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The admins work hard for no pay. I’m just guessing the video’s were a bit off topic. I reposted mine in the open thread after watching the entire video. Give us a hint what we did wrong Admin; We certainly don’t want to anger you or make your life difficult.
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This is the Open thread. The one I posted had Michael Savage ripping this guy that was a racist and Michael Savage was standing up for George. That’s what an open thread is about. I have posted Video’s before so that’s why i ask why they were gone. There are Music Videos posted all the time so the Muppet’s Video was just meant to be cute. Sorry if it ruffled any feathers.
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No Idea, but maybe concerns about copyright?
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Okay, my frustration with O’Mara continues. Last week he gets us all excited in that he’ll be posting “all” “public” records in regards to the Zimmerman case. What’s the first thing out of the gate five days later? “Our first opportunity to follow through on this policy has met with a challenge.” What they go on to talk about is the “accidental” release of witness names from the state in their 9th supplemental. What, O’Mara was confused what to do at that point? To redact or not to redact? What challenge can there possibly be with that or the release of any other information?
But the main point of frustration, and what I pondered about last week, is what O’mara meant by “all public documents”. After reading his post today it seems that means documents from that day, Nov 13, forward. If he wanted to post documents from the past, such as the toxicology report, why not just do it? There are plenty of other things we know was part of the State’s discovery, from long ago, that haven’t been released, so where is it? There are things that we don’t know if they were part of the State’s discovery but you would think would be such as the ping logs, where are those? All these examples and many more should pose no challenge to post, so, where are they?
And don’t excited about depositions, from last week; “Depositions are not open to the public, and the transcripts of depositions are not necessarily considered discovery, and therefore may not necessarily become part of public record.”
So if he’s not going to retroactively post info or depositions what’s really left?
http://gzlegalcase.com/index.php/court-documents/62-state-s-9th-supplemental-discovery
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diwataman:
What I get from the 18 Nov release is that MOM is being extra careful w/regard to the documents contained inadvertently unredacted names and addresses.
As for prior discloseable(?) public records such as the ping charts, I don’t know.
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I’m not necessarily expecting MOM to release the files … but it is FRUSTRATING that we can only GUESS if these files are around at all.
Does BDLR have them but not yet released them as discovery?
Does MOM have them.. but not released publicly?
JUST LET THE PUBLIC KNOW… what is there, somewhere. Then we can scream about what the State still needs to get moving on.
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rumpole2:
Bear in mind that MOM’s primary attention is focused on the court.
He just scored big points with the court on the issue of BDLR alter-egos working the public against GZ. He is not going to put the GZ defense in a position where the same claim can be made against GZ.
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OK
But like I say… he could release a list of what he does have. Not details, not content at all.
I just can’t see any valid reason to not list what he has.
Perhaps also a PUBLIC list of what he does not have would help give BDLR the hurry up.
Ping Logs
Full Tox Report on TM
The Crump List Of pll hearing DeeDee call
Are just 3
We hope MOM has these. If not… he (and we) should be screaming about it by this stage
And what else is there. We simply can only guess.
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What’s worse of all is that there has been stuff filed with the court already, a lot of stuff, that we have not seen. Subpoenas is one example, I can’t recall seeing a single one in the discovery but they are there. The media announced long ago that O’Mara was supposed to receive 5,000 pages, how much have wee seen? maybe not even 1,000?
What about the document that shows me that evidence tag DMS-7 actually belongs to Tracy Martin? Is that like some national secret?
We need to put together a list.
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TalkLeft have a list of “missing” discovery (I recall, have not looked lately)
Anything we do is still limited to GUESSES to some extent.. we need the factual list.. then I am sure we can come up with stuff that SHOULD be available and ask why it isn’t.
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A couple months ago, I left a comment on the gzlegalcase site, and they actually posted it. As if that didn’t surprise me enough, they even answered part of my question. Here’s what I asked:
“I understand why some discovery (like the school records) won’t be made public. But I’m wondering will you at least announce that YOU have received such info when you get it? Not the contents, of course, just the fact that you have it? And if you can answer this: Are technical reports re. the cell phone(s) expected to be part of the info you’re seeking?”
And this was their response:
“Any records identified and forwarded by discovery methods will be acknowledged, although certain records, such as medical records or certain school records will be maintained as confidential. At some point, if they are determined to be relevant to an issue in controversy, a court may decide whether those records are kept confidential or are released.”
So sounds like they WILL let us know about anything they get, as long it involves “discovery” in some way. While be might not learn about the specific details, we at least will know of their existence.
http://gzlegalcase.com/index.php/press-releases/49-zimmerman-defense-begins-discovery-process
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Diwataman speakum big truth here, Kemosabe.
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Does anyone else find it odd that Shellie’s case keeps getting continued? The next Docket Sounding is on Dec 12, six months after information was filed.
http://www.seminoleclerk.org/CriminalDocket/case_detail.jsp?CaseNo=592012CF001792A
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If they charged her to put pressure on george ( which seems likely given the nature of the evidence against her and the carefully edited transcript used in the affidavit ) then they cant well have it come to court where it risks being dismissed. Especially since they havent gotten very far with thier plan to get george to plead out. Thats looking more and more like thier only bargaining chip.
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The State started out with a virtually non-existent Affidavit of Probable Cause and it went downhill for them from there. Exculpatory evidence being released, two failed gag attempts and at least several releases of protected information (GZ school records, pic of TM body and witness names). They had people looking at their indictment of SZ for perjury as an indication GZ was a liar and not credible. If that fails, and it will, they will look completely corrupt and incompetent.
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Nah, it’s done all the time. It’s not at all unusual to see NOTHING accomplished in a case, for a year or more. You can look up the details of all the court proceedings for any given case, and chances are all you’ll see is something like: “Mr. Jones appears for the State. Defendant Smith appears personally and with counsel. Request for continuance. Request allowed. Next hearing Dec. 15th.” Where the date is usually one or two months away. This is often done over, and over, and over…. as long as neither the defense or the state is in any hurry, the judge is usually, “Whatever…”
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Somehow reality seems to become reversed for Trayvon supporters. They claim it’s the defense that’s trying to sway public opinion? Where have they been the past 8 months or so? And who is this Debbie Hines person?
http://blogs.lawyers.com/2012/11/zimmermans-lawyer-internet-sway-opinion/
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Hi Rise – The word I prefer is, “Chutzpah”. It means this – let us say I go attack an innocent person – by smashing my fist into his face. Let us presume I did not kill the person, and I get away. Later, I am caught. I then insist that this person attacked my, by running his face into my fist – and HURTING MY FIST. I think sue the person for medical damage to my fist for $10,000. That is how the “Travon supporters” think.
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Michele Bowman seems pretty disconnected from the case in a lot of ways. She hasn’t written very much on it though she says this;
Her first article appears to have been posted July 16, 2012, pretty late in the game;
http://blogs.lawyers.com/2012/07/new-fbi-evidence-in-trayvon-martin-shooting/
Notice in that article she properly sites this lawyer “To assert that Judge Lester should be removed as a judge because he has determined that Zimmerman is not a credible witness is ludicrous,” lawyer/trial watcher Malia Litman wrote on her blog.
But when she gets to criminal defense attorney Jeralyn Merritt all of a sudden proper citing goes out the window and she’s a “Zimmerman supporter”
“But Zimmerman supporters think the motion has a chance and think Judge Lester should withdraw.”
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Maybe she should have set the 5th DCA straight.
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Corey should hire her to sue Harvard Law School.
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What a coincidence. Hines herself released a very similar article yesterday as well. She obviously has close ties to the scheme team propaganda machine.
“The Trayvon Martin case is not expected to go to trial until June, 2013. The trial could be finished online before it starts in the courtroom if the defense has its way. Criminal defense attorney, Mark O’Mara has been vigorously defending his client in the media, particularly online through social media. The defense has put court pleadings in the web site dedicated for the defendant’s case, commented on the evidence and witnesses just in case any would be jurors need to read them. The Zimmerman defense has a Twitter account, web site and had a Facebook account dedicated to the case.”
http://www.legalspeaks.com/2012/11/trayvon-martin-case-goes-to-trial-online/#.UKm3u2L4Bm8.twitter
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These people just HATE it when the truth finally starts to come out, don’t they?
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More depraved rantings of a Black Racist legal mind. Can not reach the bar of objectivity. To do so would require weighing actual evidence and interfere with the pre-existing narrative. Your Honor. I move to suppress all evidence that is exculpatory to the defendant. On the grounds that the deceased is black. (US v. Old White Men, § 432) Al Sharpton presiding judge.
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Hmmm, in the Satanial Stutzman reported
“Normally, he[Bernie] prepares two sets of summary sheets, one for defense attorneys that includes witness names and other protected information, and a second for the public that goes into the courthouse file. It typically identifies witnesses by number — for example, witness 17.
But on Nov. 8 de la Rionda filed the summary sheet that included witness names in the courthouse file, where anyone is free to look at it.”
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-11-15/news/os-george-zimmerman-witness-names-20121115_1_witness-names-witness-list-george-zimmerman
Okay, so it seems when Bernie prepares these two sets of documents, he gives O’Mara the one with the names and addresses on it and the clerk at the courthouse gets the one with witness numbers instead. However, O’Mara stated this “Therefore, we have blocked out the names of witnesses that should have been redacted…” The question is then, if the courthouse ended up with O’Mara’s copy then O’Mara should have gotten the redacted version that the courthouse was supposed to get; if this is the case why would O’Mara need to redact anything?
Also, how does Stutzman know this is the procedure for these thing? I don’t recall anyone saying anything about this in the past and she says “A spokesman for de la Rionda’s office did not return an email seeking comment.” So did she just make this up?
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The gzlegal site said that the states office had released the full list to the public, with names and contact info for the witnesses exposed. He personally redacted the info that the states attorney was supposed to according to previous instructions from the judge, even though it is now publicly available via the courts, it would not be available from the gz website.
I think Omara is covering his own ass with regard to this as the question of his media presence website is under review at the moment. Plus i wonder if this was a ploy to get omara to “accidently” release that info on his site and get it shut down by the persecution.
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“Plus i wonder if this was a ploy”
Perhaps a clever ploy by BDLR to get himself sanctioned for violating a court order.
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“if the courthouse ended up with O’Mara’s copy then O’Mara should have gotten the redacted version that the courthouse was supposed to get; if this is the case why would O’Mara need to redact anything?”
It’s possible that O’Mara didn’t receive the copy intended for the Court, but that BDLR didn’t redact either copy. But even if O’Mara received the redacted copy intended for the Court, I assume he is only posting what has actually been filed with the Court — the “public” records he says he will post. In that case, although it’s hypertechnical, he wouldn’t post the redacted copy he received since it was not filed and is not a public record. Make sense?
I don’t know how Stutzman knows the process, but I don’t doubt that she was told about it directly by someone in the prosecutor’s office or O’mara’s office.
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So either Bernie didn’t redact anything, which seems highly unusual and unlikely or O’Mara got the courts copy. Someone ask O’Mara if he received the courts redacted copy, but I guess that requires an actual reporter which I don’t think exists anymore so I guess we’ll never know.
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I’ve been scratching my head over this. I’ve read, and re-read, Dman’s and Kathyca’s posts several times, as well as hopped over to the OS link on the story.
I keep getting this little voice saying, “Dirty tricks”.
In response to accusations of biased reporting, MOM announced he’d begin posting all filings. So, BDLR pulls this stunt. Now MOM is over a barrel, one way or the other:
1. Either he’s a liar now, since he’s not following through on that promise,
or
2. Like Kathyca pointed out, if he does redact Bernie’s screwed-up public version, then publish it on the GZLegal site, then he’s knowingly publishing an altered, untruthful version of a legal document.
Pretty “twisted sister” maneuver, if you ask me. Personally, I don’t believe it was “accidental”.
At any rate, how many more “accidental leaks” is the prosecution going to be allowed on this case before sanctions and/or disciplinary measures are taken?
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Found this on facebook.
The photo doesn’t show up when I copy and paste. He is talking about TM. That buddy he is talking about would have to be a woman because SF is not married. (wouldn’t it?)
Von Gretchen Mitchell
March 18
Man, now this hits home! I didn’t know that this young man was my buddy step-son!!! Like I said, I will be at the General Attoney & Senate office this wk! HELL NOW!!’ — with Keith White and 8 others.
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He’s a friend of Brandy Greens
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Thank you, it is all making sense now. All I can think of is “Six degrees of Kevin Bacon” only insert DD.
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Ahh yes, the phantom that is DeeDee. There are so many things working against who we think she is, although they all but said her name in the last hearing confirming we have the right person.
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Amazing how a family and their relatives from Miami all seem to have befriended 2 well known lawyers from little old Orlando. Many even went to the University with those lawyers. Some have other connections.
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I guess I should say Lil old Tallahassee
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Have you all seen who O’Mara is following on the twitter?
Frederick Leatherman @Masoninblue
and
BigBoi @BigBoithedog
https://twitter.com/GZlegalCase/following
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Keep your enemies close.
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exactly!! Those people are nuts.
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AS IN NEEDS TO BE COMMITTED NUTS!
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302 them all! They have to be miserable in their hateful little lives.
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Yeah, nothing new about that really. It seems the person running the twitter account is just keeping tabs on some of the vocal opinions. (Someday I’ll post what that guy has said about the silly LLMPapa vids hehe.)
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Lets hope taking notes… a goldmine for later libel suits 😀
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My second favorite Beatles album.
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My own favourites list would drift.. depends on mood.. some I might name as old favourite because of memories.. but might not be what I play at the moment.
That gives me an idea for a fun poll 😀
“Favourite Beatles album”
But the truly revealing poll will be the one to follow………
“2nd Favourite Beatles album”
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There are so many good ones ……
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Well, neither one of mine would be “Revolver.” A bomb (to me), it was. Bleaaacchhh. Doper bastids.
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SACRILEGE!!
What’s not to like? 😀
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keep your friends CLOSE..but your enemies CLOSER
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rumpole2 fyi watch for the video police
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You know, when you are the new kid in town, it’s best not to annoy an Admin. Have you read the note from Admin? Also, a little bit of self-editing never hurts.
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A Quick review of the followed reveals they are following Seni Tienabeso Jr@SeniABC.
I guess he is Matt Gutmans’ Pahtna, probably one of the main sources of grief for GZ. His name is with matt gutman on articles. Funny how I never noticed his name before.
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Also following Danielle Young @RhapsoDani.
http://hellobeautiful.com/2532807/audio-reveals-george-zimmerman-lied-trayvon-martin-shooting/
http://hellobeautiful.com/2555120/george-zimmerman-trayvon-martin-dna-story-not-supported/
Someone say lawsuit earlier?
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Stellap I’m not the new kid just fyi. I’ve been here since February. Many of the video’s I have posted have ended up on other blogs as talking points.
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February? Your first comment appeared in May. So you’ve been around for six months. Your comments will be moderated here as our mods see fit; other blogs have their own rules.
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Stellap Are you a Mod? If so when? I have not had any problem with any of my post’s before. But I can tell you I’m Not nasty but BUT I’m not going to be bullied about my post’s. Your reply to me about my reply to rumpole2 ( witch was in a joking fashion ) calling me the “new kid” maybe some “a little bit of self-editing never hurts” goes both ways. Really
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Yes, I am a mod – have been since this blog was founded. By the way, I am not the admin who removed your videos. Just pointing out that there is no upside to criticizing the mods. As for editing, I’ll do my own, thanks, and next time I won’t post as myself – I’ll post as admin within your comments. That works out best, anyway.
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Great then. You should know my post’s by now and know that i’m not a jerk. So you can and should have seen why your post got the reply from me. I’m not going back and forth about this any more.
Good. You’re learning, apparently.
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See 😦 Why you got to keep it going?
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Bye Preston…….
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A cyber-word to the wise:
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FYI….YES…..”Stellap” is a moderator, as am I, WeeWeed, Sharon, Tilda, Menagerie, Ytz4me. and Patriot Dreamer.
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All very good names for puddy tats 😀
I like a cat with a bit of scratch and hiss.
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Well…I try to keep in shape.
ADD….BTW, Menagerie is a Puppy. 😉
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I bet you fight like cat and dog 😀
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LOL….actually she is totally chill and knows everything there is to know (*hic*) about Jack Daniels.
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I know the type.. I was heavily involved with Jim Beam myself for a while 😀
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What is the difference between an alcoholic and a drunk?
Us drunks don’t have to go to all those dangon meetings!!
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😆
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Just saw this….a journalist actually admits black cops threatened serino.
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And i cant paste with this stupid tablet
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Serino hires baez.
Check it out
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Here’s a link that speaks to him being pressured by the other black cops….
http://www.macon.com/2012/11/19/2256510/detective-in-george-zimmerman.html and….
http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/detective-in-george-zimmerman-case-turns-to-jose-baez-for-legal-help/1262366
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Get ready for the fireworks.
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🙂 yeppers!!! Catching up and this is such great things to read!!! Finna git good~ Female Dogs gang is hopping mad. Foaming at the mouth 🙂
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I’m reading BigBoi’s Tweeter stuff from today. It seems that she and her buddies just can NOT figure out what’s up with Serino. “This is really strange, what’s going on?” “Why would he hire a lawyer?!” “Especially THAT lawyer?!” “Waaahhhh!!!”
I tried telling those people, from the first time I posted there, that this is no longer just about getting George off the hook. It’s now just as much about holding the conspirators accountable. And Serino (partly thanks the the threats he received from the other cops) wound up right in the middle of it. Thanks to Serino, Dee Dee, and others, this is about to all come crumbling down… Crumpling down. I told the JQ people to prepare for it, but they just laughed and accused me of spreading crazy rumors. Oh well, I’m not longer there to talk to them, to help them through the difficult days they have ahead of them. I haz a sad. 😉
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LOL Jello!
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There are still a few good people at JQ… I got another report on Teetowel…
potty mouthed like her Prune-Ma
She has taken to referring to CTH as the “Shit-Hole” (Yeah right… typical JQ “class”) 😀
For the JQ rats hidden down in their closed sewer, as they look up, most of the circles of light that they see above them are toilets. 😀
(And if truth be known… there is some pleasure to be gained in crapping on them from on high)
Those rats who crawl out of the sewer and scurry secretively in the sunlight, spy furtively and enviously on the real people at CTH.
They return back down to the depths of their sewer to squeak and chatter about what the grown ups are doing and saying in the world above.
Our pearls of wisdom are wasted though…. all is corrupted once they drag it back down into their “Member Rats Only” sewer.
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Sorry… didn’t realise the music clip only runs for a minute.. the rest is chat… and not English 😀
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Not surprising about Teetowel. After all, this is the message I got from Prune herself on that fateful day:
You have been banned for the following reason: go back to your shit hole
Date the ban will be lifted: Never
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I had forgotten that… you did show us that.
I thought Teetowel was just adopting the general forum style set by the potty-mouthed, low rent owner… but now I see it’s a direct quote
Bwahahahahaha!!!!
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“It’s now just as much about holding the conspirators accountable. And Serino (partly thanks the the threats he received from the other cops) wound up right in the middle of it.”
Serino might not like the night shift and might be looking forward to a big pay day.
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“Days after the interviews were made public, the 15-year department veteran was transferred to patrol duty on the overnight shift.”
Hmm No mention of him requesting this “transfer” as was reported when it happened.
“He wants his own counsel – he’s intimidated,” said Baez spokesman Michael Wright. “It may not be a friendly deposition.”
“An FBI report released this summer showed Serino told agents that he was pressured by African-American officers to file charges.”
Hmm if he was pressured to file charges as he told the FBI, then why wouldn’t his deposition be friendly? Is he changing his story now?
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It wouldn’t be friendly regardless of who takes the depo. The prosecution wants to refute the racial/political pressure and the defense wants to show that that was the cause of the affidavit and how wrong it was. Serino, if he’s honest, will testify both about the pressure to get George arrested and also that he knew there was no probable cause. So the prosecution’s po’d and the defense has his butt in the grinder. He probably also is either the leaker of the jailhouse vid copy, or knows who is.
This much I know for sure, Serino isn’t lawyering up to because his testimony will help the prosecution. I wouldn’t be surprised if he takes the 5th on much or all.
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It is interesting that Patrolman Serino felt the need for a high-power lawyer to defend him. Does the State of Florida pay for the lawyer? After all, he committed no crime – and is under no threat. He could testify with no lawyer – they way that George Zimmerman did.
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I don’t think Serino enjoys being demoted to foot patrol. My guess is he hired Jose so that when everything is all said and done with George’s case, he will be suing Sanford Police. This isn’t Jose’s first dance with corrupt police and cops being demoted or forced to quit. Happened during the CA case too. I’ve said it a million times I’ll say it again, I would not have believed one word of Jose’s book had I not followed George’s case. The entire time I read it I said OMG same thing with George! People don’t like to have the 2 compared but in many ways the handling of the 2 cases by the media, LE, State etc are exactly alike. The only difference is, George is innocent and I believe CA had something to do with Caylee’s death,
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Respectfully, I disagree. Even Baez was surprised when the verdict was read, because he darn well knows CA was guilty. The stars all happened to align for her that day and *POOF*…12 of the dumbest, laziest ppl on the planet made up the jury. They didn’t even look at the evidence. Should GZ’s case even get that far, and I’m betting it won’t, he better hope not to have 12 more idiots like the ones from Penelous county. They won’t even look at the real evidence.
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I’m not talking evidence they had or didn’t have or about whether I feel the jury did their job (which I do given what evidence they were presented. Remember the jury didn’t read every ounce of evidence the majority of the public read for years prior to trial.) I am talking about things that happened in both cases that are the same. Media saturating with lies, LE cover-ups where some left because they refused to lie about what they didn’t see with Roy Kronk to suit the Prosecutor, Prosecutor hiding evidence from the jury and court such as the 84 searches for Chloroform that never took place. The fact that the Prosecutor decided not to tell the court or the jury that the man who developed the software used to find these searches, contacted the Prosecutor during trial to tell them there was an error in the software and that it wasn’t 84 searches but rather 1 search. Why did they not bring that out in trial? Why did they continue with the 84 searches story?
“The finding of 84 visits was used repeatedly during the trial to suggest that Ms. Anthony had planned to murder her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, who was found dead in 2008. Ms. Anthony, who could have faced the death penalty, was acquitted of the killing on July 5.
According to Mr. Bradley, chief software developer of CacheBack, used by the police to verify the computer searches, the term “chloroform” was searched once through Google. The Google search then led to a Web site, sci-spot.com, that was visited only once, Mr. Bradley added. The Web site offered information on the use of chloroform in the 1800s.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office had used the software to validate its finding that Ms. Anthony had searched for information about chloroform 84 times, a conclusion that Mr. Bradley says turned out to be wrong. Mr. Bradley said he immediately alerted a prosecutor, Linda Drane Burdick, and Sgt. Kevin Stenger of the Sheriff’s Office in late June through e-mail and by telephone to tell them of his new findings. Mr. Bradley said he conducted a second analysis after discovering discrepancies that were never brought to his attention by prosecutors or the police.
Mr. Bradley’s findings were not presented to the jury and the record was never corrected, he said. Prosecutors are required to reveal all information that is exculpatory to the defense.
“I gave the police everything they needed to present a new report,” Mr. Bradley said. “I did the work myself and copied out the entire database in a spreadsheet to make sure there was no issue of accessibility to the data.”
Mr. Bradley, chief executive of Siquest, a Canadian company, said he even volunteered to fly to Orlando at his own expense to show them the findings.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/us/19casey.html?_r=0
That’s the kind of stuff I am taking about. Not the jury, not real evidence, not whether she was guilty or not. Just real the corruption that seems to be rampant in Florida starting with LE and working it’s way up the ladder with the media playing a huge role in it.
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Wow. I know almost nothing about that case, and so I don’t have an opinion as to whether or not Casey Anthony was guilty. But that stuff about the searches, and how the prosecution withheld evidence… just wow. We need to pass some new laws, at the state and federal levels. These laws need to say that if you act under color of law (as a cop, a prosecutor, etc), and try to frame a person at trial, YOU will receive the penalty that person would have received if convicted because of your actions. So if it’s discovered that a prosecutor withheld evidence that would have exonerated the defendant, that prosecutor should be sentenced to whatever the defendant would have been. In this case, either life-in-prison, or the death penalty. Harsh? I don’t know… but I DO know it would make prosecutors, cops, and others THINK LONG AND HARD before pulling this kind of garbage.
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I just had to pop in on this – Mr. Bradley is/was misinformed. I watched every second of that trial and the state DID correct the erroneous information in the CacheBack reports. It was corrected in the rebuttal case – perhaps Bradley didn’t watch the part where forensics testified again, embarrassed, and the state showed a nice pretty spreadsheet for the entire world to see that it was actually Myspace that had been visited 84 times. Which does make more sense because I couldn’t, for the life of me, understand why somebody would need to keep visiting a site about chloroform so often.
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NONSENSE! I watced that case all the way through (on TV-which is a bad way to do so).
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the tv announcers made it seem like they proved she killed keendy when they couldnt prove anything
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I may be the only person here who knows almost nothing about the Casey Anthony case, or Jose Baez. But I don’t think Serino hired him because he wants to sue the SPD or anything like that. Nope… I think he hired him because he’s worried about his own CRIMINAL liability. I think he’s planning on completely spilling the beans about the pressure (threats?) he was under, from some other cops, and maybe from Bonaparte, Triplet, or others. And he knows that as of right now, he’s still criminally liable for filing a false capias against George. But he MAY be able to get off the hook if he can prove that he was acting under duress. That’s where this is headed IMO: Serino wants to help take down the people who conspired against George, but he wants to do it in such a way that he protects himself… that’s first and foremost in his mind.
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That’s the only thing that makes sense. He was present at daily meetings for weeks where everyone agreed there was no probable cause — yet he was the main interrogating officer and stayed mostly quiet. He’s admitted to the FBI that he was under pressure from black officers and possibly/probably others. He filed an affidavit that went against the conclusion of EVERYONE involved, INCLUDING the prosecutor’s office and was unsuccessful. At which point it was escalated to the next level and taken out of the hands of SPD and the local prosecutor’s office entirely. I don’t think Serino wants to help George at all though. I think he just wants to save his own butt. If he were a decent person concerned about malicious prosecution, he wouldn’t have signed the affidavit in the first place. It also wouldn’t surprise me if someone has some serious dirt on him.
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Yeah… “help”…. that’s the one part of my other comment I’d edit if I could. I think what he plans to do from here on out WILL help George, but that’s definitely not Serino’s motivation. As you say, I doubt he cares much what happens to George, but luckily the things he needs to say to help himself will also help George. So yeah… I implied I believe Chris was suddenly gonna be the good guy and try to right the wrong he did to George. That’s not what I believe.
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I doubt Baez would take the case if he did not think that Zimmerman was being wrongfully convicted.
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“It also wouldn’t surprise me if someone has some serious dirt on him.”
And that might be why he agreed to go on 3rd shift patrol with out kicking up any dust.
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Jello, couldn’t answer your reply above as there was no reply to click on….
Yes that’s the kind of corruption I’m talking about. Even IF that jury found Casey guilty, the fact that the prosecutor withheld evidence and lied through out the trial, would of been enough to win an appeal hands down.
The minute this case was over, Jeff Ashton quit the prosecutors office then ran and won States Attorney bringing Linda Drane Burdick ( one of the other prosecutors) in as his assistant. This was all planned from the get go. It didn’t matter whether they won or lost the case, all that mattered was to get the public to believe they were trying to get justice for Caylee so they could take over States Attorney office. Which they did.
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As this case evolved, it appeared like serino was the bad cop when it now seems like he was oen of the good ones (and there WERE plenty of racist cops. They were hateful towards whites, though, or anyone they thought was white).
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Who were the three cops who were fired from sanford PD? Were they the racist cops who threatened serino?
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Were not the FBI sent down to FL to make sure there were no racist acts going on with the case?? Was 3 black officers pressuring Serino not a racist act?? Oh, silly Me! I forgot that Holder said blacks can’t be racist.
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Oh, silly You! 😀
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Oh Silly Me, indeed!
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NOPE, Holder said Black Racism was and is the good kind of hate
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http://www.macon.com/2012/11/19/2256510/detective-in-george-zimmerman.html
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I still think the two most important people are gonna wind up being Dee Dee and Serino. But NO, I don’t mean important as in the charges against George…. I mean important as in who are gonna cause the implosion that destroys Crump and several others.
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Hi Jello – Deedee is the total “key”. If she “evaporates” – then so does 2nd-degree murder and “Probable Cause”. Even Dershowitz knew the PCA was very weak – assuming that DeeDee had something to say. No DeeDee, then “Poooffff”.
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If anyone wants any of the George Zimmerman coverage from NPR, I have it all.
I followed that one closely, as they never mentioned once that his mother was Peruvian, and that he looked hispanic. They just repeated, “George Zimmerman, racist neighborhood watch guy who killed unarmed black teen Trayvonn Martin”
It seems that all they do is disparage God and Guns.
In NPR’s world, George Zimmerman is a racist white guy, and Christian Conservatives were responsible for Benghazi.
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Arrgh….NPR. Most of Seattle just LUVS them some NPR.
Personally, it should never be allowed airtime when the listener is operating machinery! Makes ya too sleeeepy…zzzz
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PLEASE post links! they pretend to be so fair, but that is bunk
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/trayvon-martin-story-found-the-media/2012/04/12/gIQA9VGmDT_story_1.html
Last paragraph.
“Julison, who worked on the story for no compensation, says he always thought his clients’ case had merit, but the outcome wasn’t guaranteed. “All of these things worked perfectly,” he said. “They came out in just the right sequence for us.”
So he thought. LOL
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Humpty Crumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Crumpty had a great fall,
all of Natalies Henchman and
and all of Parks and Julisons friends,
couldn’t put Crumpty together again.
😆
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Bwahahahahahaha!!!
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😀 😀 😀
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You are being “Eggist” 😯
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LMAO! Oh great….get ready for the New Egg Chicken Party to protest!
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People can be son cruel when it comes to eggs
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😀
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